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eBay forum mysteriously leaks account details on 1,200 users
« on: September 26, 2007, 01:57:08 PM »
Hackers brazenly posted sensitive information including home addresses and phone numbers for 1,200 eBay users to an official online forum dedicated to fraud prevention on the auction site.

The information - which also included user names and email, and possibly their credit card numbers and three-digit CVV2 numbers - was visible for more than an hour to anyone visiting the forum. The miscreants appeared to create a script that caused each user to log in and post information associated with the person who owned the account. The script spit out about 15 posts per minute, starting around 5:45 a.m. California time.

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    Re: eBay forum mysteriously leaks account details on 1,200 users
    « Reply #1 on: September 26, 2007, 03:50:03 PM »
    Glad I don't yet have an eBay account :o